A Few Small Beers

I've made no secret of the fact that Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is my favorite movie of 2025 -- my review at Pajiba when it hit theaters contained such ecstatic frothing at the mouth somebody shoulda called a kennel. Anyway I've seen it four times in the theater now and will probably try to hit it up at least one more time before it disappears completely (I've got the added advantage of screenings for the awards guilds I'm in, which I've taken full advantage of) but all y'all who didn't make it out to the theater should know that the movie is on VOD now. You can rent it right here. I watched half of it at home last week (via awards screener) and it plays terrific at home too, although I'm sure the year's best scene car chase that caps the movie off won't feel quite so visceral from the sofa. But however you gotta see it, see it. They also announced the physical media release info recently -- the blu-ray and 4K of the film are landing on January 20th, with a limited-edition steelbook of the film coming later in the spring. That later edition will supposedly have a bunch of PTA-crafted special features that the earlier ones won't (hence the delay) but annoyingly it seems like it'll be harder to grab one of those -- it's already sold out on Amazon but some of the botique shops are still selling them for pre-order, like Orbit DVD right here. All that said if you've seen the movie and not shared your opinion with me yet that's what the comments below are for! Next week when I finally see Marty Supreme I'll have seen all of OBAA's main competition for Best Picture (unless the third Avatar movie shatters expectations) and as of right this minute I'm ready to go to war if OBAA doesn't win the top prize as well as Best Director. It's PTA's time dammit. (Jonny Greewnood's too!)

The vinyl for Jonny Greenwood's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER score is out now!

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— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM